Download Link of First Track - Dar Dar Main To Bhatak Raha Tha...

Again this weekend, I scribbled something on my blog. Inspite of my willingness and eagerness to regularly update the blog, I am not able to do so due to my busy week days. So this weekend, I tried to spare some time from my family and friends for my Sai Family to share few lines with them.

As hinted in previous post, I will be providing download link for first bhajan from my album SAI TERE HAZAARON NAAM. But first let me write something regarding this bhajan.

This particular bhajan is not the first bhajan which I wrote. It was written after two or three bhajans were ready. Still it got the first position in sequence after recording all of them. It has a very deep meaning and I think it was proper to place it in the first position.

My mother is a very religious and devout person. In my chilhood days, she used to ask me to go to various religious places narrating me some problems and assured me to get solution there. Thus the seed of spirituality was sown in me since chilhood days only. This seed has now grown to great tree whose flowers have blossomed beautifully and its fruits are very sweet. One can find the line Dar Dar Main To Bhatak Raha Tha… very meaningful here. Really I feel that I was suffering from many past births and Shirdi Sai Baba picked me up and hugged me. It will not be wrong to say that He has chosen me and not I have chosen Him.When all the bhajans of the album were released on Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajan blog maintained by Hetal, she had narrated an unforgetable experience of mine after the cd was recorded and was taken to Shirdi. I wanted to do something different for my Sai Baba and in what way He accepted my gift has been described there. So rather giving link to the post, I will keep it here directly for the ease of my lovable readers. The album was released on Gurupoornima Day (i.e. July 18th, 2008) on Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajan blog.

Write up by Hetal

Finally the day has come, for which I was eagerly waiting. Gurupoornima day is auspicious and dear to Sai Baba Devotees and this day has been chosen by Sai Baba to release an album of Sai Bhajans named SAI TERE HAZAARON NAAM. I think it is the first time ever that a bhajan album is being released on a blog. Great are His leelas and even greater He is. He pulls the wires so smartly that we become only the puppets who act as per His wish. This same thing has happened with me and Mr. Rana Gill. We had a talk on phone regarding the work of his album for the first time and now we are so much attached to each other that we strongly feel that bhajans were only a medium for us to meet, rather it was pre planned by the main doer of all this i.e. Sai Baba.

Before giving the link for the first bhajan of the album I would like to share something about Mr. Gill. An introduction of Mr. Rana Gill has already been given on my blog related to Experiences of Shirdi Sai Baba, I am repeating it here for sake of first time visitors. Ranaji is an ardent devotee of Sai Baba and he has poured his love and devotion towards Sai Baba in the form of bhajans. He has good first hand experiences of Sai Baba which will be posted on my other blog, one is already posted and devotees can follow the link. The video of the title track was shooted at 29th sector in Sai Temple in Chandigarh (Punjab). I strongly feel that many devotees will listen to all the bhajans and it will not only be restricted to listening only, but it will be downloaded and also shared with those devotees who are not exposed much to the internet. Ranaji is basically from Punjab, India but from past 8 years he is in Canada . The music director of the album Vikram Nagi is a young and talented artist aged only 22 years when he made the music for the album. Great work has been done by him. The music is very simple yet soothing, the lyrics of the bhajans (written by Ranaji himself) and voice of Ranaji simply adds beauty to it. The music is arranged by Nasib and Dinesh and recording was done at Royualz Studio and Dream Studio, Chandigarh. I will be posting the bhajans of the album with lyrics of the same one by one so that readers and visitors can download them at their ease and comfort, listen to one bhajan, slip it in their hearts and minds before the next one is posted. Comments from devotees are welcomed here on our mail id only.

Ranaji shared a touching incident regrding this album and how SaiBaba has accepted his love in the form of bhajans. He has asked me to share with our fellow Sai family members. It was in the year 2006 when the recording of the bhajans was completed and Ranaji and his friend Vikram (who is the music director) went to Shirdi for Baba’s darshan and for offering his first cd to Him. When they reached Samadhi Mandir, Lata Mangeshkar’s bhajans were being played. Ranaji prayed to Sai Baba that his cd must be played at least once in His Darbar (court) and see how Baba fulfilled his wish. After having pleasant darshan of Sai Baba, Ranaji doubted whether his bhajans will be played there while bhajans of such great artists are being played. Now they both decided to give some money to the shopkeepers nearby and ask them to play the cd. Ranaji gives the reason here why he decided so in his own words, "Because this is my wish that my cd should be first played in Shirdi and then only I will listen myself too, as I live in Canada and I dont know when I will come to India again...thats why". But was Baba to be satisfied by listening the bhajans made and sung for Him outside His own house? No. He had planned something else.

Ranaji then went inside Samadhi Mandir premises and showed his cd to the security guard and asked whether it was possible to play his cd in Baba's Darbar. The following are Ranaji's words, The security guard listened to my request nicely and did not say anything just hold my hand and took me to the main computer room of Sansthan where the bhajans are normally played and monitored. Ranaji showed his cd to the old gentleman who was an engineer sitting there and requested him to play the cds just once. That gentleman said that they will first listen and then will play for the devotees. He listened the first track of the album “Dar Dar Main To Bhatak Raha Tha” and at once approved it to be played after Madhyayan arti. After this, Ranaji describes his own experience in his own words, they played all 8 tracks and I sat in Dwarkamai and listen all of the bhajans. My eyes were full of tears because I thought to play the cd outside mandir at any music shop before but Baba did not want that.

After all tracks were played when Ranaji went to that gentleman who played all the tracks to thank him and said, I wanted to play the cd outside in some shop but you did great job for me. He said these words which Ranaji says he will never ever forget in his life, “Jiske Liye Banaya Hai Uske Ghar Mein Sabse Pehli Hi Chalega Na Bahar Kaise Chal Jata Pehle" meaning for whom the cd has been made should be played in His Home only for the first time, where else it must be played? Ranaji was touched to hear these words and was more than excited when he was praised for his work and voice.Ranaji said thanks again and outside that room there was Baba's big snap and he prayed to Baba after release of this cd please play again in your Darbar Baba. Before he reached the last staircase of the room, a small boy came to Ranaji, held his hand and said that he has been called upstairs. Ranaji again went upstairs. The same gentleman asked for Ranaji’s permission to copy the bhajans in their system to be played in future. He said, I liked your all bhajans. Here Ranaji says, Just a few seconds before I wished and Baba fulfilled it ..........He is great. Obviously Ranaji had no objection and he was happy deep within. I too was feeling happy for Ranaji when I heard the whole incident. It clearly shows that everyone is same in the Darbar of Sai Baba, whether it is Ranaji or any other famous singer. He just wants ever flowing love from His devotees and in turn, He takes care of small small wishes of His devotees, then why Sai Baba would have denied this big wish of Ranaji. He gives us the best of our life for which we even have not dreamt of, then why Sai Baba will not give us what we dream?

sai ram bro!i'm a Chinese Buddhist but i click well to Baba Ji's life as a fakir,so much like a sanyasi.I downloaded your bhajan,Tere Naam Hi Simroon, and wow! it was really divine!I don't really understand Hindi but i can feel so much devotion in the song.May i burn it into a CD as a gift to my friend,a Satya Sai devotee? - i'm Sampuna, from Malaysia

Jai Sai Ramji Sampuna ji, Thanks for ur appreciating comment. Baba ji has made every bhajan of the album SAI TERE HAZAARON NAAM and I am just the medium. You can burn a CD of all the bhajans of SAI TERE HAZAARON NAAM and gift it to anyone you like. All is Baba ji's sweet wish and will...Thanks for visiting my blog and downloading Baba ji's bhajans. Baba ji bless you ever... Sai Lover -- Rana Gill

If possible, can you include a word for word translation of the song into English so that the song can be appreciated better ;)

In Malaysia,the message of Sabka Malik Aik can be received well by non-Muslims. Most Malaysian Muslims cannot accept the idea because they were taught there is no other way to Bhagwan but through Islam, the Only Truth.

Well, it's their rights to believe in whatever they want,but this difference should not be a cause for belittling.

This song's message is an eye opener for all ;)

shukriya bhaiya ;)

~ sampuna, Malaysia

(I hold on to the concept of there is Aik Dharma,One Dharma - Nameless & has got no trademark, not owned by any individual or religion.Dharma = Goodness, Pure Heart.To me,all our poojas and methods are just the outward appearence.The result of the practise shoud speak for itself.Towards a Dharmic Life ;)

Your bhajans have touched our hearts and brought us even more closer to SAIBABA and I have also copied "Dar Dar me to bhatak raha tha" for singing in our Temple where we have bhajans every Thursday! WE pray that may Baba shower his blessings on you always. Thank you very much for such wonderful bhajans! Rupen Budhdev - Kisumu (Kenya)

Rana ji many thanks for this wonderfully touching music. The lyrics are beautiful and moving. Like you i live away from baba in shridi, but baba is everywhere. Keep up the fantastic work and if baba wishes, i may just be at one of your great baba shows one day.sai ramDeeuk